We are looking for a Senior Campaigner to join our team to deliver world-changing campaigns for a just world where people and nature thrive.

Friends of the Earth's campaigns seek to address the urgent challenges of stopping climate change, restoring nature, cleaning up our air and toxic pollution, and living within environmental limits. Our goal is to deliver for the next generation an environment that is getting better – which means by 2030 we want have addressed the urgent threat to our climate, nature and ecosystems and to have put these negative trends into reverse.

As a team leader, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team to deliver on one of Friends of the Earth’s priority campaigns that seeks to deliver a significant step towards that goal.

You will have significant experience in developing and delivery campaign strategies and plans that have delivered significant real world impact, making the world better for people or nature.

You will be a leader of people – with a record of inspiring people and supporting them to deliver concreate outcomes, and an excellent written and verbal communicator.

You will be a clear strategic thinker, able to analyzing the situation to identify what the most urgent threats and opportunities are across our agenda, and how to create and apply pressure for change to achieve our campaign goals.

You will understand politics and power in the broadest sense, including but not limited to understanding the UK Parliament and using the law to campaign, be experienced in working with and building coalitions, and be able to engage and persuade a broad range of audiences, from politicians, to existing supporters, to young people, and groups currently under-represented in the environment movement such as Black and Ethnic Minority people.

You will have experience of getting up to speed quickly on a range of complex policy areas, with an ability to analyse and understand the most important information and trends in order to make strategic and campaigning decisions, and you will have knowledge of one or more central environmental issues across climate, nature, environmental health or ecosystems.

About campaigning with Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth has a track record of making real change to protect the environment, from halting fracking across the country for the past six years, to securing and then defending the feed-in tariff to support solar power, winning a ban on neonictinoids to protect bees, to leading the campaign for the Climate Change Act to put in place legally binding targets to reduce the UK's carbon emissions. Our present campaigns are focused on stopping fracking and securing the end of coal, to ending the use of bee-harming pesticides, ensuring that Brexit does not rip up environmental protections or stopping the public from breathing in diesel fumes.

We are a local to global network with sister organisations in over 70 countries worldwide and almost 200 local groups across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (Friends of the Earth Scotland is a separate organisation) and we work in partnership across the environmental movement and third sector as the best way to achieve change.

What we offer

We offer a competitive range of benefits, a good work/life balance, excellent learning and development opportunities and a vibrant and friendly organisational culture.

Diversity and equal opportunities

Friends of the Earth is an equal opportunities employer and we are especially keen to encourage applications from people currently under-represented in the environment movement including: black and minority ethnic people; disabled people; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; and woman in senior positions. Please do get in touch to see how you can become part of the Friends of the Earth team.